学歴
2019-2021
マッコーリー大学
オーストラリア
応用言語学「TESOL」修士
縮小するグローバル社会では、異なる言語を話す人々に英語を教える能力が重要になっています。また、文化的・言語的感受性を持つことは更に価値があります。この大学のコースでは、言語の使用と文脈の関係を理解し、TESOL分野における理論的・実践的な基盤を提供することが特徴です。
2016-2019
マッコーリー大学
オーストラリア
文学士号 哲学専攻・日本文化学専攻
文学士号を取得すると、分析力、創造性、研究力、批判的思考力、異文化間理解力、そしてコミュニケーション能力が強化されるため、文学士号の卒業生は非常に人気があります。彼らは高度な問題解決スキルと倫理的判断力を持っているため、雇用主からも評価されます。
2023
The Language Teacher
Reading Aloud for Young Learners
In the spirit of communicative language teaching, rather than talking down to our young learners (YLs), perhaps we ought to try actually talking to them instead. This might mean trying to avoid using unidirectional commands such as, “Read this aloud, please.” Of course, they need to practice, but would it not be preferable that learning opportunities arise more spontaneously and with less educational pretense? This activity attempts to motivate YLs (age 3-8) to read aloud of their own accord.
2023
Explorations in Teacher Development
Children’s Eikaiwa Teacher
Perspectives on Team Teaching
Team teaching is a significant topic of academic inquiry throughout Japanese mainstream English language educational contexts. This study reported on the experiences and perspectives of a small sample of teachers employed within a children’s conversational English school who practised team teaching regularly. Data was obtained via a survey and follow-up interview. In addition to brief statistical analyses, a thematic qualitative framework derived from the literature and the authors’ personal reflections was used to analyse and interpret the survey results and interview transcripts. The literature indicated that teachers in mainstream contexts are primarily concerned over a lack of clarity regarding teacher roles, despite a relatively consistent convention regarding the assignment of roles existing elsewhere in the literature. However, the research presented here indicated the existence of and a preference towards an alternative team-teaching dynamic wherein roles are more dynamically negotiated. This presents researchers with a unique and yet hitherto unexplored perspective on team teaching within this context.
2022
The School House
Exploring Young Learner Education Trends in Japan to Find Future Directions for Young Learner Research
The study of English language is a major and progressively expanding facet of modern young learner education in Japan. This trend might be better understood with the aid of three distinct discourses; globalization, economic, and "younger is better". This article briefly outlines how each discourse interacts specifically within the context of Japan. Although outwardly useful in explaining general young learner education trends, the final section indicates that these discourses are not without room for critique. Therefore, while far from exhaustive, this basic outline provides a point of reference for researchers interested in exploring and critiquing in greater detail the forces at play across modern Japanese YL English language educational contexts.